Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 20, 2023

FinalMonday, Mar 20, 2023· Ball Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	10	12	5	27
COL	1	2	2	5		COL	11	7	14	32

: CHI 52COL 60
: CHI 1.98COL 3.39
PP goals: CHI 0COL 1
Hits: CHI 22COL 15
Blocks: CHI 16COL 14
PIM: CHI 2COL 4
: CHI 46%COL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at home. Denis Malgin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Byram) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:00 together.

Points
Denis Malgin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:42.Malgin
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:43.Rantanen
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Byram) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:00 together.Compher MacKinnon Nichushkin Rantanen Byram
Usage
Kurtis MacDermid (COL) played 15:29, +7:19 up on his 8:10 season average over 43 games.MacDermid
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 15:04, −5:18 down on his 20:22 season average over 52 games.Nichushkin
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 1.98 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Denis Malgin (COL) played 15:42, +4:51 up on his 10:51 season average over 64 games.Malgin
Usage
J.T. Compher (COL) played 15:22, −5:14 down on his 20:36 season average over 81 games.Compher

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · COL 60 · CHI 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 16% of the game, COL 56%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	COL
	58	68
	2.20	3.82
	2.06	3.67
	10	16
	11	6
	13	19
	−0.091	+0.091
	16%	56%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Athanasiou – Kurashev – Reichel
13:0338% CF
L2Johnson – Dickinson – Raddysh
12:5757% CF
L3Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk
11:2148% CF
L4Robinson – Entwistle – Hardman
8:0026% CF
D1Tinordi – Murphy
17:5456% CF
D2Jones – Jones
17:1647% CF
D3Zaitsev – Mitchell
12:1236% CF

PP1Athanasiou – Jones – Entwistle – Kurashev – Reichel
1:440% CF
PP2Johnson – Dickinson – Jones – Katchouk – Raddysh
1:24100% CF
PK1FKhaira – Anderson
1:00
PK1DTinordi – Murphy
1:00

Current CHI line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues
9:4357% CF
L2Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
8:3442% CF
L3Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin
7:4222% CF
L4Nieto – Galchenyuk – Newhook
6:5588% CF
D1Johnson – Byram
16:3441% CF
D2Toews – Girard
15:1974% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Byram
1:00100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
1:04
PK2FEller – Nieto
0:54
PK1DToews – Girard
2:12
PK2DJohnson – Byram
0:50

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:41
COLKurtis MacDermid (Brad Hunt, Matt Nieto)wrist0.02 xG
CHI: Robinson, Zaitsev, Entwistle, Mitchell, HardmanCOL: Nieto, Hunt, MacDermid, Rantanen, Newhook
CHI 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

6:17
COLDenis Malgin (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.05 xG
CHI: Khaira, Anderson, Katchouk, Zaitsev, MitchellCOL: Johnson, Compher, Nichushkin, Malgin, Byram
CHI 0 – 2 COL
10:54
COLMikko RantanenPP (J.T. Compher, Bowen Byram)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Murphy, Khaira, AndersonCOL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Byram
CHI 0 – 3 COL

3rd period

13:33
COLLogan O'Connor (Denis Malgin, Samuel Girard)slap0.10 xG
CHI: Athanasiou, Jones, Jones, Kurashev, ReichelCOL: Eller, Toews, Malgin, Girard, O'Connor
CHI 0 – 4 COL
13:47
COLDenis Malgin (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.14 xG
CHI: Khaira, Anderson, Katchouk, Zaitsev, MitchellCOL: MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Malgin, Girard
CHI 0 – 5 COL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	42	31
Lukas Reichel L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	41	32
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	2	0	16:23	—	—	39	39
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	56	37
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	54	38
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	2	15:40	—	—	57	38
Boris Katchouk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	48	43
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.46	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	54	48
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	54	48
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:12	—	—	30	14
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	1	1	0	11:05	—	—	35	10
Mike Hardman L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	3	0	10:24	—	—	38	25
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	2	0	21:46	—	—	54	46
Jarred Tinordi D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	0	0	21:43	—	—	57	49
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	4	2	0	22:53	—	—	47	39
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:56	—	—	49	41
Nikita Zaitsev D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	34	4
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	30	3

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.39	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.62	2	1	0	19:16	—	—	56	67
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.49	0	2	0	18:43	—	—	56	67
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	11:59	—	—	54	42
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	48	76
Logan O'Connor R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	58	88
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	47	78
Denis Malgin C	L3	2	1	3	+3	3	0.21	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	52	56
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	25	32
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	14	16
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	70	92
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	83	82
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	2	0	0	11:18	—	—	74	91
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	3	2	2	23:00	—	—	37	37
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	38	45
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	68	80
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.18	1	2	0	21:06	—	—	65	83
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	4	2	0	15:29	—	—	57	68
Brad Hunt D	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	57	54

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	1.98	60:00

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.